Great Performances That Didn't

Even Get a Stinking Oscar Nomination

BEST ACTRESS

Laura Dern in Citizen Ruth
Reese Witherspoon in Election
Lili Taylor in I Shot Andy Warhol
Shelley Duvall in The Shining
Sissy Spacek in 3 Women
Kathy Bates in Dolores Claiborne
Kerry Fox in An Angel at My Table
Nicole Kidman in To Die For
CCH Pounder & Marianne Sägerbrecht in Bagdad Café
Alicia Silverstone in Clueless
Mira Sorvino in Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion
Bjork in Dancer in the Dark
Gena Rowlands in Opening Night
Pam Greer in Jackie Brown
Geena Davis in The Long Kiss Goodnight
Kathleen Turner in Serial Mom
Faye Dunaway in Mommie Dearest
Julianne Moore in Safe
Kirsten Dunst in Drop Dead Gorgeous
Ana Torrent in The Spirit of the Beehive
Amy Sedaris in Strangers With Candy


BEST ACTOR

Harry Dean Stanton in Paris, Texas
Matthew Broderick in Election
Robert DeNiro in The King of Comedy
John Turturro in Barton Fink
Cillian Murphy in Breakfast on Pluto
John Cameron Mitchell in Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Toby Jones in Infamous
Divine in Pink Flamingos
Robert Downey, Jr. in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Woody Allen in Zelig
Paul Giamatti in Sideways

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Carly Shroeder in Mean Creek
Nastassja Kinski in Paris, Texas
Sandra Oh in Sideways
Practically the entire female ensemble in The Dead Girl, especially Mary Beth Hurt
Dolly Parton in 9 to 5
Rosanna Arquette in After Hours
Linda Fiorentino in After Hours
Sandra Bernhard in The King of Comedy
Hope Davis in American Splendor
Geneviève Lemon in Sweetie
Illeana Douglas in Ghost World
Mary Kay Place in just about anything

Nancy Allen in Blow Out

Lisa Kudrow in The Opposite of Sex
Janeane Garafalo in Romy and Michele
Beth Grant in Donnie Darko
Christina Ricci in Addams Family Values
Jane Adams in Happiness
Sigourney Weaver in The Ice Storm
Mink Stole in Female Trouble
Karen Black in Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
Allison Janney in Drop Dead Gorgeous

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Hunter Carson in Paris, Texas
Matt Dillon in To Die For
Bob Balaban in Midnight Cowboy
Steve Buscemi in Ghost World
Samuel L. Jackson in Jungle Fever
Philip Seymour Hoffman in Happiness
Willem Dafoe in Wild at Heart

Please let me know who you'd like to see on the list!